evar
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛvɑɹ/, /ˈɛvɚ/
Adverb
evar (not comparable)
Anagrams
Ido
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈvar/
Verb
evar (present evas, past evis, future evos, conditional evus, imperative evez)
- (transitive, intransitive) to be so many years old, be aged (so many years)
- Quante vu evas? ― How old are you?
- Me evas dek e sis yari. ― I am sixteen years old.
Conjugation
| present | past | future | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | evar | evir | evor | ||||
| tense | evas | evis | evos | ||||
| conditional | evus | — | — | ||||
| imperative | evez | — | — | ||||
| adjective active participle | evanta | evinta | evonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | evante | evinte | evonte | ||||
| nominal active participle |
singular | evanto | evinto | evonto | |||
| plural | evanti | evinti | evonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | evata | evita | evota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | evate | evite | evote | ||||
| nominal passive participle |
singular | evato | evito | evoto | |||
| plural | evati | eviti | evoti | ||||
Derived terms
- evanta (“aged (so many years)”)
- evoza (“aged, elderly”)
- grandeva (“aged, elderly”)
- grandeveso (“longevity, agedness”)
- mezeva (“middle-aged”)
- quante vu evas? (“how old are you?”)
- quanton vu evas? (“how old are you?”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
evar m
- indefinite plural of eve
Verb
evar
- present of eva
Anagrams
Swedish
Alternative forms
- ehvar (obsolete since 1906)
Etymology
Adverb
evar (not comparable)
- (archaic) wherever
- 1668, Georg Stiernhielm, Hercules line 23, in Musæ Suethizantes. Taken from Samlade skrifter av Georg Stiernhielm, 1973, J. Nordström and B. Olsson, Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet.
- Ehwar hon gick, drog hon å sig hwars-mans ögon och ålijt
- Wherever she went, she drew towards herself each man's gaze and beholding.
- 1668, Georg Stiernhielm, Hercules line 23, in Musæ Suethizantes. Taken from Samlade skrifter av Georg Stiernhielm, 1973, J. Nordström and B. Olsson, Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet.